Question

The Mayflower Compact, a document of laws written by the pilgrims stated that office holders would be elected by ___.

Answer 1

The document wrote that officeholders would be elected by themselves.
This indicates that they wanted the ability to government themselves, make their own law and regulations, and imposed the punishment that their society deemed as fit for themselves (and most of their members are either methodists or puritans)

Answer 2

The Mayflower Compact, a document of laws written by the pilgrims stated that office holders would be elected by the colony's adult males.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Mayflower Compact was a document composed by the Pilgrims that expressed that they would administer themselves and make their own government/write their own guidelines and be free to worship.